Golden Gallaber and The David Bellamy Conservation Award

At Gallaber Park we are proud of the environment we have been able to
create for our guests, regardless of whether the guest is human or from the
animal kingdom. We are committed to not just maintaining the splendid
range of habitats we have created, but also to improving them and as such we
are members of the David Bellamy conservation award scheme for caravan parks. The scheme encourages the
development of habitats for wildlife, the responsible use of resources and the
education of guests (for more info visit http://www.bellamyparks.co.uk/about.html)

To develop the site’s habitats, we have planted large areas of woodland
using native species, which attracts a large number of bird species as well as
an array of insects and mammals. The gardens and hedges we have created help
song birds and small mammals move around the park in more safety as they can
dip inside a bush for cover from birds of prey and the like. This helps
encourage the wildlife to move around the park so that it is right on your
doorstep.

To help you use resources responsibly, we provide an excellent recycling
facility on site so that you can do your bit by recycling where possible. We
have installed sensors in the touring park bathrooms to turn on the lights, as
well as taps that turn themselves off. Both these measures help reduce the
waste of water and energy, because who can honestly say that from time to time
they don’t forget to turn off a tap, or flick off a light.

We are pleased to be able to tell you that we have achieved a Gold
award! We continue to make changes to the park and we have planted more
flowering plants to help encourage more butterflies and bees onto the site and
will be introducing lavender this spring on the advice of the Award’s advisors.
We have sown an area of wildflower meadow which comes into full bloom each
summer and with it a whole host of new species have made the Park their
home. Our guests helped in the establishment of the meadow in its first year by
getting involved in our scarecrow competition. The scarecrows’ you made did
their job of keeping the birds from the seed and so the seedlings grew and now,
two years later, the meadow is fully established. We have also recently
renovated the wildlife pond to make it both safer for guests and more
attractive for wildlife.

To help educate our guests we have come up with three Children's
Challenges to help get children interested in conservation and have put up a
few information boards around the Park to explain various habitats and how we
manage them.

We hope to keep improving the park more and
more over the coming years, and with the help of the David Bellamy conservation
award scheme advisors, we hope to make it as good as we can for holiday makers,
as well as wildlife and the environment.